Weekend Best Bets

All Weekend

• The little town of Middletown is an ordinary place, as ordinary as any other. Or is it? Trinity Rep presents Will Eno’s acclaimed 2010 play, which has been described as wry, bittersweet and achingly beautiful. More info...
  
  
• The Chazan Gallery presents Group Show featuring works by Johnny Adimando, Austin Ballard, Peter Croteau, Jonathan Palmer, Justin Sorenson and Raine Vasquet. More info...
  
  
• Whisk yourself away to Italy, if only in your mind. Opera Providence performs Winding Your Way through Opera Favorites as part of the fabulous Blithewold Mansion Winter Concert Series. $40. Fri 7pm; Sun 3pm. More info...
  
  
• 2nd Story Theatre presents Seminar in its UpStage theatre. Written by Theresa Rebeck, the smart and sexy comedy tells the story of four aspiring young novelists who sign up for private writing classes with a renowned literary figure. More info...
  
  
• The Wilbury Group presents Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, a modern dramatic masterpiece that tells the tale of Hamlet from the point of view of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare’s classic play. More info...
  
  
• Brown’s David Winton Bell Gallery presents the NCECA 2015 Biennial, an international juried ceramics exhibition organized by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. See 51 chosen works from 1,149 entries. More info...
  
  
• If you're in the market for a new schooner or if you just like to be in the presence of big, shiny boats, make sure to check out the Providence Boat Show. More info...
  
  
• Lose yourself in the first ever stage production of Morality Play, a thrilling, mind-bending tale that examines humanity and ethics, at the GAMM Theatre. More info...
  
  
• Humor (and a cocktail or two) is the best medicine for work week stress. Head to the Comedy Connection Friday and Saturday night and laugh your face off with comic Orlando Baxter. More info...
  

Friday

• The Besnard Lakes and USA out of Vietnam come to the Columbus Theatre in Providence's West Side. More info...

• Did you know that Sons of Liberty Distillery is now open for Self-Guided Tours and Tastings on Friday nights? Sample single malt and seasonal whiskies as well as Loyal 9 vodka. $10 includes tasting glass. More info...
  
  
• Local rock band The Silks team up with Handsome Jack for a night of raging fun at Fete lounge in Providence. More info...
  
  
• Catch Max Creek - a band that has been playing together for 43 years - at The Met. More info...
  
  
• Don a headlamp and enter a blacked-out Aurora Province to experience the work of Carl Dimitri and a cast of installation artists, at IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD at SPELUNK II. More info...

Saturday

• Sample food from over 30 local vendors and help support a great cause at Taste of the East Bay. Proceeds from the event will benefit the East Bay Coalition for the Homeless. More info...

• You haven’t lived unless you’ve gone snowshoeing. No, really. Explore the pristine beauty of wildlife in winter at Snowshoeing with Audubon. (You can rent snowshoes from REI or Eastern Mountain Sports.). More info...
  
  
• Singer-songwriter Zola Jesus brings her experimental electro-goth-industrial-classical sound to Fete. More info...
  
  
• Become a coffee snob with credibility during New Harvest Coffee Roasters' coffee tasting/class at the Hope Artiste Village Winters Farmers Market from 10am-1pm. More info...

Sunday

• The Grange is offering a five-course paired dinner with Berkshire Brewing Company/Berkshire Mountain Distillers, who are providing beer, cocktails and dessert wine. More info...

• Grab your best buds and prepare to get in touch with your sexy side... while simultaneously laughing your ass off at SPANK! The 50 Shades Parody. More info...
  
  
• Bring the little ones to Kiddo Dance Party at Aurora Providence. Let them shake it off while you enjoy a Bloody Mary. More info...